Western Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2020 - SECT 36

36 .         What is a serious injury or illness

        (1)         In this Part —

        serious injury or illness , of a person, means an injury or illness —

            (a)         that requires the person to have immediate treatment as an in-patient in a hospital; or

            (b)         that requires the person to have immediate treatment for —

                  (i)         the amputation of any part of the person’s body; or

                  (ii)         a serious head injury; or

                  (iii)         a serious eye injury; or

                  (iv)         a serious burn; or

                  (v)         the separation of the person’s skin from an underlying tissue (such as degloving or scalping); or

                  (vi)         a spinal injury; or

                  (vii)         the loss of a bodily function; or

                  (viii)         serious lacerations;

                or

            (c)         that requires the person to have treatment by a medical practitioner within 48 hours of exposure to a substance; or

            (d)         that occurs in a remote location and requires the person to be transferred urgently to a medical facility for treatment; or

            (e)         that, in the opinion of a medical practitioner, is likely to prevent the person from being able to do the person’s normal work for at least 10 days after the day on which the injury or illness occurs,

        and includes any other injury or illness prescribed by the regulations but does not include an illness or injury of a prescribed kind.

        (2)         In subsection (1) —

        medical practitioner means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical profession.